On 12 and 19 June, PHAP will host two live online events, on two distinct themes, for the World Humanitarian Summit North and Southeast Asia regional consultations. These events will be an opportunity to both get better acquainted with the regional consultation process, and to provide your views and ideas on the topics being discussed, helping to shape the agenda for the upcoming regional consultation event.

The two events follow on PHAP’s recent online briefing on 28 May on the overall Summit process with Jemilah Mahmood, Chief of the Summit secretariat, and other guests. The event illustrated the great level of interest in the consultations, with participants taking the opportunity to ask a wide range of questions. You can find the list of questions and answers on our consultations page together with a recording of the event and the input of the more than 300 registrants from all over the world on the trends, challenges, and opportunities in the humanitarian sector, as well as their visions for the humanitarian sector in 20 years time.

The first event on North and Southeast Asia will take place on Thursday, 12 June, 4 p.m. (Bangkok time) and will deal with questions regarding humanitarian effectiveness in a regional context. The event will endeavor to pinpoint how the humanitarian landscape has changed in the region over the last years, and how the humanitarian system will need to be changed in order to better meet the increasing and changing needs of affected people. Speakers for this event will include Mr Oliver Lacey-Hall, Head of the Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), Mr Jagan Chapagain, Regional Director of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) Asia Pacific zone, and Ms Lilianne Fan, Humanitarian Policy Group (HPG) of the Overseas Development Institute (ODI).

Exactly one week later, on Thursday, 19 June, 4 p.m. (Bangkok time), a second online event will be held on the theme of humanitarian response in situations of armed conflict. The event will deal with regionally relevant issues such as population displacement, accountability of governments and aid organizations, access of people to humanitarian action, and protection of civilians.

The events are free to attend, but since space is limited, we recommend that you register in advance on the links below.

• 12 June:
  Live online consultation on humanitarian effectiveness in a changing landscape - Register now
   
• 19 June:
  Live online consultation on humanitarian response in situations of armed conflict - Register now